Improvement in pen-and-pencil cases



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Patented Denim-i, 187,1.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WILLIAM S. HICKS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN PEN-AND-PENCIL CASES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 122,169, dated December26, 1871.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM S. Hicks, of New York, in the county of NewYork and State of New York, have invented certain. Improvements inCombined Pen-andPencil Gases, of which the following is a specification,reference being had to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to an improved method of constructing combinedpenandpencil cases; andconsists in combining, in an extensible body orcase, a pen-holder which may be slid out so as to protrude from one end,and a pencil so arranged that it is automatically shoved out and in bytlie'act of extending and closing the body or case.

Figure l is a longitudinal section through my device ,when extended, ona scale of two to one. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same closed.

In constructing a pencil on my plan I first make an extensible case orbody, consisting of a tube, A, and a second tube, B, arranged to slidetherein 5 and to one end of the tube A I secure a head or cap, a, havinga hole through its center for the passage of the pencil; and to theopposite end ofthe tube B secure a head or cap, b, provided with acrescent-shaped opening or slit, c, for the passage of the pen. Withinthe tube B I mount a sliding thimble, C, provided with a holder orsocket to receive the pen D. I also provide the thimble with a pin,- d,and the tube B with a straight longitudinal slot for'said pinto slidein, as shown in Fig. 1, so that when the body is extended the pen may beshoved out through the end ofthe tube B or drawn back within the same bysliding the pin back and forth in the slot. When the case or body isclosed-that is to say, the tube B shoved within the outer onethe slotand pin are covered and concealed from sight, so that dirt cannot enterlthrough the slot,when the case is carried in the pocket; but as the pincannot be reached the pen can only be slid in and out when the case isextended. Within the outer tube or body A, to the head a of the saine, Isecure a long tube, E, for the purpose of supporting and guiding thepencil G which slides within it. The upper portion of the tube isprovided with a straight slot,

e, which receives and guides a pin, f, on the pencil to prevent thelatter from turning. Around the outside of the tube E there is mounted,in such manner that it cannot move endwise, a tube, H, provided with aspiral slot, y, into which the pin f of the pencil projects, as shown,so that by turning the tube H the pin f is moved in the slot e and thepencil moved in or out, according to' the direction in which the tube isturned. The turning of the tube or sleeve H is accomplished by means ofa pinor stud,]c, on 'its upper end, which plays in a spiral slot, m, ofa tube, J, which is rigidly secured to the head b of the in- -nerportion orgtube B of thebodyso as to be carried in and out therewith.`When the body of the pencil is closed, by pushing the tube B inward itsslotted tube J, acting upon pink, turns the slotted tube or sleeve H,which draws the l pencil inward; and when the body of the pencil isdrawn out or extended the reverse operations take place and the pencilis automatically shoved out for use. Thus it will be seen that the actsof extending and closing the pen-case serve also to push the pencil inand out. In the louter end of the slotted tube J, I secure a lead box,M, the end of which projects through the head and has a cap or cover, t,screwed onto it.

It will be observed that the means of operating the pencil are the sameas shown in my patent of March 21,1871, and that the arrangement of thepen-holder is similar to that in the application more recently iled, andthat I so combine the features of those two cases as to automaticallyextend the pencil b y the ac t of extending the pen-tube, this caseacting on the principle of the so-called magic pencil-case.

Having thus described my invention, what I A combined pen-and-pencilcase, constructed and arranged to operate substantially as described,whereby the extension of the pen-tube shall automatically project thepencil, as set forth.

WM. S. HICKS. Witnesses FORMAN WHITNEY, W. H. SEMBLER.

